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Whether you are an experienced Office Manager or stepping into the role for the first time, there is space for you in Springbok. The team hires on merit and across communities in Northern Cape.
About This Position
This Office Manager role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for Springbok. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the administration jobs pipeline across Northern Cape.
Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the Springbok team.
Stakeholders for this position include line managers, peers across the administration jobs team and trusted external partners. Building those relationships early makes the next twelve months in Springbok much easier.
Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the administration jobs group in Springbok.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Office Manager is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Northern Cape is consistently high and consistently fair.
Meet the Team
You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the administration jobs side of the business inside out. The Springbok group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.
Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.
The team structure and working relationships for this role in Springbok will be explained during the hiring process.
Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.
Diversity and Inclusion
Crucially, the organisation is committed to fair, merit-based recruitment and equal opportunity. Applications are assessed against the published role requirements in line with applicable employment law.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Springbok.
Crucially, the hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for Northern Cape.
B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.
Day in the Life
Your day starts at the front of the business, ready to greet visitors, answer the switchboard and make sure the leadership diaries are in order. Through the morning you balance calls, couriers, capturing data and supporting projects with neat, accurate work. After lunch, you might be preparing minutes from a board pack, helping HR onboard a new starter, or chasing a courier across town. By close of day, every desk you support knows you have it covered, and the office is set up for a calm, productive tomorrow.
Equally, the Springbok office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Springbok.
Crucially, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Northern Cape operations throw up the unexpected.
Your Workplace
In addition, the environment is professional and structured. Expect a calm, well-organised office, a steady flow of support requests, and a strong culture of confidentiality.
Crucially, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.
In addition, the role is intended to operate under the hiring organisation’s workplace conduct, health and safety policies in Northern Cape.
Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Springbok site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
About Springbok
Working in Springbok means a place close to the Sishen mining hub, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the Northern Cape region, and the Springbok office benefits from those long-standing connections.
Many candidates already living within reach of Springbok cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Northern Cape economy.
Candidates should review the listed location, schedule and travel requirements before applying for this role in Springbok, Northern Cape.
Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Springbok.
Why This Role
Practically speaking, you will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Springbok colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the administration jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.
In addition, the package, working arrangements and any available support will be confirmed by the hiring organisation for this vacancy.
Crucially, the role’s development opportunities, training and benefits, if offered, will be set out in the final vacancy details.
Career development may be available depending on the role, business needs and the hiring organisation’s policies.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Coordinate office supplies, courier bookings and facilities requests
- Manage diaries, meetings and travel logistics for the leadership team
- Maintain a tidy, professional reception and meeting-room environment
- Update intranet pages, notice boards and internal directories
- Handle confidential information with discretion and in line with POPIA
- Support HR with onboarding logistics for new starters
- Track and report on departmental KPIs through standard templates
- Provide administrative support to projects and special initiatives
Who We’re Looking For
- Excellent telephone and email etiquette
- Ability to work independently and manage competing deadlines
- Good written and verbal communication skills appropriate to the role
- Comfortable working with finance, HR and operational systems
- Matric / National Senior Certificate (Grade 12)
If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.